Eagles' flight is grounded

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MINNEAPOLIS The Philadelphia Eagles were soaring after a big win in the snow the week before. This game was inside. Adrian Peterson was missing. The stage was set for another step toward the playoffs.

Well, Matt Cassel and the Minnesota Vikings just made the flight path a bit bumpier.

Cassel passed for two touchdowns and 382 yards, the most by a Minnesota quarterback since Brett Favre, and ran for another score to lead the injury-depleted Vikings to a 48-30 victory that snapped a five-game winning streak by the Eagles.

“I don't think you can ever count out our players. We've had some difficult moments this season, for sure, but I always believed,” Coach Leslie Frazier said. “Even early in the week I said, ‘This game really doesn't have to be this close,' except for the fact that we were going with so many guys in backup roles.”

With Peterson and Toby Gerhart out, third-stringer Matt Asiata rushed for his first three career touchdowns.

Greg Jennings caught a career-high 11 passes for 163 yards. The Vikings (4-9-1) produced quite the spoiler performance without their top two running backs, top two tight ends and top three cornerbacks.

This was their highest score since a 50-10 win over Jacksonville on Dec. 20, 1998.

Fresh from a decisive win over Detroit that gave them control of the NFC East over Dallas, the Eagles (8-6) fell flat in the controlled climate of the dome.

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